Biocriminology, also called biosocial criminology, generally has a negative connotation due to its roots in the shadow of eugenics and social Darwinism, long condemned as pseudoscientific and vilified for having fueled German Nazism. movement. This is the idea that a person's genes or hormones might lead to criminal behavior, and it is no longer favored by most criminologists. However, discoveries in genetics and neurology that supported theories that genetics play a role in criminal behavior led to the emergence of a subfield of criminology. The research will show the heated debate between scientists debating biocriminology. Although it is highly controversial whether biological criminology provides a valid explanation for deviance, there has been evidence that certain aspects of criminal behavior, such as the tendency toward violence and antisocial disorders, have genetic components that may be hereditary. (See Appendix A) This means that along with other sociological, psychological or economic factors, biology has an effect on criminal behavior. Technological advances have sparked interest in the possibility that crime is linked to genetics. As technology continues to flourish, the argument that criminal behavior is caused by genetic makeup grows stronger. In an April 27, 2013 Wall Street Journal article, Stanton Samenow states: “Brain imaging techniques identify physical deformities and functional abnormalities that predispose some individuals to violence. » The article salutes the emerging field of “neurocriminology” which is revolutionizing our understanding of violent behavior. Neocriminology and biocriminology go hand in hand, both involving the study of the physical and mental elements of crime and...... middle of paper......be traceable to a minority of individuals. This has uncomfortable overtones of eugenics, the pseudo-science that humanity could be improved by eliminating bad guys, and which the Nazis took even further with their policy of exterminating the Untermenschen. Even if it stopped there, the idea of ​​the “criminal gene” would be controversial enough, but modern science is opening up new and different possibilities. If there are genes that give certain people a genetic predisposition to crime, could they and their carriers be identified, perhaps from the womb? What should happen to these embryos? Besides, if someone is born with a criminal mind, what else should we do other than lock them up for as long as possible? The arguments date back at least to 1870, when Cesare Lombroso, an Italian physician, developed his theory of the criminal man..